ISBN-13: 9781611227963 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 176 str.
This book presents and discusses the role mathematics plays with regards to various social, business and biological issues. Topics discussed include the coalition formation process; substitutable and perishable inventory with partial backlogging; contractual stability and competitive equilibrium in a pure exchange economy; a heterogeneous foraging swarm model inspired by honeybee behavior and a cautionary tale of caterpillars and selectional interference.